Our Team

Nine multilingual language travel advisors and nine other members of staff make up the complete Timpany Languages team. All of our advisors have travelled extensively and know from their own experience exactely what it means to live and learn in a foreign country.

Language Travel Advisors

Nick Lloyd

Languages: English, Spanish, French
Home town: Lindfield, England
Places lived in: Sydney (work), London (work), Barcelona (language course, work)
Hobbies: Football, reading and relaxing with family.

Anja Fischer

Languages: German, English, Spanish
Home town: Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz), Germany
Places lived in: London (language course, work), Gran Canaria (work), Menorca (work), Barcelona (language course, study, work)
Hobbies: Sports (Jogging & Yoga), movies, travelling, socializing with friends

Miguel Angel Fernandez

Languages: Spanish, English, Italian and French
Home town: Málaga, Spain
Places lived in: The Hague (University studies, Bournemouth(Language course), Montpellier and Toulouse(Language course and work), Rome (language course) and Barcelona (work)
Hobbies: Swimming, rollerblading, yoga, meditation, hiking, cinema, photography, languages and of course travelling, one of my biggest passions!

Susana Ramirez

Languages: Spanish, English, Italian, French
Home town: Zaragoza, Spain
Places lived in: Paris (work), Sydney (work, language course), Milan (work), Barcelona (work)
Hobbies: Travelling and tourism!! Meeting people from all over the world and learning about new cultures, basketball, lots of sports, painting, spending quality time with family and good friends... Carpe Diem!

Eva Jansen

Languages: German, English, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, French, Catalan
Home town: Meerbusch (Düsseldorf), Germany
Places lived in: Malaga (language course), Fuerteventura (work), Mexico (working as a language teacher), Barcelona (study, work)
Hobbies: Hobbies: Sports (dancing, ski, snowboard, rollerblading, swimming), travelling, movies, barbecue, audiovisual and graphic design, photography, painting, decorating

Tomoko Ishihara

Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish, Catalan
Home town: Chiba, Japan
Places lived in: London (language course/work), Ireland (language course), Barcelona (study/work)
Hobbies: Yoga, taichi, listening to music (Jazz, Ska, Bossa nova), cooking (createing new recipes!) and discovering nice and relaxed coffee shops.

Hiromi Ishihara

Languages: Japanese, English, Spanish
Home town: Hiroshima, Japan
Places lived in:
Toronto (language course/work), Mexico (work), New York (Language course), London (study), Barcelona (study/work)
Hobbies: Trekking, reading, playing music, taking care of plants

Caroline Faivre

Languages: French, English, Spanish
Home town: Beauchamp and Dijon, France
Places lived in: Birmingham, UK (language course, work, studies), London (work and studies), Barcelona (work)
Hobbies: Sports, languages, travel, films and documentaries, photography, street art, socializing with friends and meeting people from all over the world.

Federica Cauli - Italian Office Manager

Languages: English, Spanish, German, Italian
Home town: Cagliari, Italy
Places lived in: London (language course, work) , Vienna (language course, work), Salzburg (work), Barcelona (study, work)
Hobbies: Sport, travelling, reading, découpage, crochet.

Nadia Bellucci - Italian Office

Languages: Italian, English, French, German
Home town: Sassari, Italy
Places lived in: Norwich (work, language course), London (work, language course), Nice (language course), Maldives (work), Frankfurt (language course)
Hobbies: Travelling, classic and modern dance, yoga, diving, swimming, suntbathing, spending time with family and friends.

Other Staff Members

Elinor Zucchet - Sales Manager

Languages: French, English, Spanish, Italian
Home town: Voiron, France
Places lived in: Malta (language course), Texas (High School), Chambéry (study, work), Dominican Republic (work), Ireland, Arizona and Andalusia (junior courses group leader), Sweden (study), Madrid (study), Barcelona (study/work), Florence (language course)
Hobbies: Travelling, polar tourism and northern lights, body boarding, swimming, nature, music (ukulele), visiting family and friends

Raquel Salas - Office Manager

Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English
Home town: Barcelona, Spain
Places lived in: I have spent many years visiting the UK
Hobbies: Trekking, furniture restoration and socialising

Simona Munteanu - Accountant

Languages: French, English, Spanish and Roumanian
Home town: Bistrita (Transilvania)
Places lived in: Monteral, Canada, Barcelona, Spain
Hobbies: I love to visit new places, to meet people, to make new friends and to share good moments with them.

Dirk Schneider - Marketing Manager

Languages: German, English and Spanish
Home town: Hamburg, Germany
Places lived in: Montreal, Barcelona
Hobbies:Gym, cooking, dining out and cinema

Stephen Bardell - Web Developer

Languages: English and Spanish
Home town: Birmingham, England
Places lived in: Banff, Canada and Barcelona
Hobbies: Skiing, Squash

Claire O´Mahony - Web Content Coordinator

Languages: English and Spanish
Home town: Wanganui, New Zealand
Places lived in: London, Dublin, Sydney, Verbier, Switzerland and Barcelona
Hobbies: Road cycling, triathlon, scuba diving, cooking and worldwide travel

Mayumi Morimoto - General Manager

Languages: Japanese, English, German and Spanish
Home town: Kawasaki, Japan
Places lived in: Montreal (Language Course, Work), Berlin (Language Course, Work), Barcelona (Language Course, Work)
Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, traveling, reading and music (violin)

David Gundlach - Head of Finance and Technology

Languages: German, English, Spanish and French
Home town: Freiburg, Germany
Places lived in: Texas (High School), Andalusia (Language Course), Guatemala (Language Course), Costa Rica (Work), Montreal (Work), Berlin (Study, Work), Barcelona (Work)
Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, travel, literature and languages

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